The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
TAMPA ASKS FOR HELP.
SAVANNAH TO SEND NURSES TO
TIE STRICKEN CITY.


ence Between Dengue and Yellow
Fever
The announcement of yellow fever IL
Tmapa has caused no alarm here. The
Sanitary Board has taken no action, which
is equivalent to saying that no danger is to
be apprehsnded. Although it has been
officially announced, there Is still some
doubt among physicians here whether it i
yellow fever or severe type OF
dengue that is epidemic in Tampa.
Were ii not that DR.. Wall, the
Tampa health officer is a physi-
clan of large experience some doctors say
that they would seriously doubt the exist
ence of yellow fever there.
WILL NOT QUARANTINE.
Savannah has taken no steps towards
1uarantining, and probably will not take
any DR. Duncan was seen last night, and
he stated that the Sanitary Board had not
even considered the matter IL is too late IN
the season. he said, for yellow fever to be
feared in this latitude. In his opinion there
is no necessity for qusrantining. Tampa is
long distance from Savannah, but it is not
improbable that many of its citizens will
seek temporary home here
No RESTRICTION TO TRAVEL
No restrictions will be placed upon travel
and people will be free to come and go with
out being subject 10 quarantine The near
approach OF cold weather and the excellent
sanitary condition of the city and its sur
roundings are considered sufficient safe
guards against the disease. While no alarm
is felt here, the people of Tampa are utterly
uemoralized
A CALL FOR NURSES.
DR. Duncan, who is chief surgeon of the
Plant system, received the following dis
patch last night from President Ingrahanl,
Of the South Florida railroad:
SANFORD, FLA, Oct. s. 1887, 6P. M-DT. WI
dam Duncan Savannah. Great Generalization
prevails in Tampa, and DR.. Wall says that he
wants two or three acclinlated physicians and
few sober nurses. We can get none here. Can
You help hims If 50 wire me Immediately what
you can do. Five new cases and no deaths in
two days and three cases convalescing Answer.
j. f. lNGRAHAM.
DR.. Duncan replied that he could send
him nurses, and that he would render all
the assistance possible, but that experienced
physicians could not leave their practice.
DIR. Duncan requests any experienced
nurseS-male or female-and any physicians
who are willing to 20 to Tampa, to leave
their names and addresses at the City Dis
pensary, Whitaker and State streets As
DIR. Duncan intimates, it is very doubtful if
any experienced physician IN this city can
low fever epidemics are absent, and those
who are here have their regular practice
and cannot leave.
THE DENGUE.
The dengue which has prevailed here for
several weeks and which is analogous to
yellow fevor, is sometimes mistaken for it,
1T is still believed by some physicians that
the fever at Tampa is dengue. The latter
disease, however, though contagious is not
fatal. 1t prevails in malarial districts, and
is usually mild or severe as the locality is
slightly or markedly malarial. 1t is usually
epidemic, and spares neither rich nor poor,
young nor old. The blacks, however, are
less susceptible than the whites. From the
fact that 1t has sometimes preceded yellow
fever it has been considered by some mild
type of yellow fever, but such is not the
case. They are two separate and distinct
diseases. One attack does not grant inn
munity from another. The epidemic is of
short duration, ceasing in six or eight
weeks
SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE
The symptoms of dengue are character
istic. In the majority of cases the disease
appears suddenly-not with a pronounced
chill, but with a sensation of chilliness, al
ternating with heat, restlessness, stiffness of
the muscles and pains in the back and joints
The skin becomes dry and hot, the face
flushed, the eyes watery and unable to bear
light, while the temples throb with pain.
The pulse runs up TO 10 and 100, and the
Temperature to l03, 104 or 105 Soon nausea
sets in, the Emphatic glands enlarge, and
the pains in joints, which have perhaps be-
come swollen are more intense This
condition of things lasts from six hours to
three or four days, when the symptoms
sometimes suddenly, but more often gradu-
ally, subside The headache is lessened the
pains almost disappear, though the muscular
stiffness still remains; the nausea is scarcely
noticeable, the glandular swelhngs diminish
and the fever nearly disappears. This is
the stage of remission, and may last from
few hours to one, two or three days.
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS.
Then follows the second paroxysm of
fever, with all its accompanying symptoms
mentioned. 1t is during this period, which
lasts two or three days, that the eruption,
peculiar to the disease shows itself, first on
the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
then spreading over the entire body. 1t
is not uniform in character, being
sometimes a mere rash, like rose
rash, or it may simulate the erup-
ton OF scarlet fever, measles or nettle
RASH Whatever the form in which it mani
tests itself, it is accompanied by consider
able heat and itching. This eruption NAV
be wanting, and is generally evanescent,
lasting but few hours or in severe cases
may laSu Two DAYS Inc duration OF the
attack is about eight days, but because of
the exhaustive drain upon the system the
convalescence is several weeks and perhaps
months. The diseases with which it may be
COMPOUNDED are relapsing fever, remittent
fever and rheumatism
NOT DANGEROUS.
Dengue is not a dangerous disease, al
though the symptoms may be alarmingly
grave, yet it is never fatal to adults None
succumb except weak babes, those far ad-
vanced in years, or those suffering from
some complication as heart disease Per Sc,
1t is never fatal. 1t is a disease which cannot
be guarded against. A physician, who has
recently recovered from an attack, was
giving his experience yesterday There 10
is no getting away from it, he said. II ia,
of course, advisable TO obey the laws of
health and keep yourself in the best physi-
cal and mental condition possible, yet this is
no guarantee that you will escape When
you are taken just remember that 'no one
ever dies of dengue"
THE HISTORY OF DENGUE
The history of the disease dates back to
1894, when it was first recognized in Spain.
A few years later it prevailed extensively
In Philadelphia, where it became known as
break fever, because of its excruciating
pains in the back and the limbs. Since this
date it has appeared from time to time in